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How do I cut and drill carbon sheet?

How do I cut and drill carbon sheet?

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MikeD	MikeD posted 15 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 4, Visits: 53	Hi, I'm planning to make some parts out of your carbon fibre sheet, what is the best way for me to cut shapes out of the carbon? also will normal drill-bits work to drill it? The parts I am making at the moment are just prototypes, if I want to make more (like hundreds) of parts I don't want to be doing them by hand, can the sheet be laser cut? Thanks. Mike
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Carbon Tuner	Carbon Tuner posted 14 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 104, Visits: 422	I have an adjustable speed Dremel and the "tile cutting" bits. I love it cause its a little 2" wheel that can cut through 6 plies of 12k like butter. I need A band saw though for the straights' If Brute Force Isn''''t working your not using enough...
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How do I cut and drill carbon sheet?

MikeD - 15 Years Ago

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Paul (Staff) - 15 Years Ago

One thing to note if you're doing a lot of drilling in carbon it will very quickly blunt normal...

Ledon Racing - 14 Years Ago

I have an adjustable speed Dremel and the "tile cutting" bits. I love it cause its a little 2" wheel...

Carbon Tuner - 14 Years Ago

Hi, I've purchased some rigid CF sheets for a project and have had them water-jet cut into shapes, as we've done on other projects. Unfortunately, we've suffered quite bad delamination at many of th...

malcsonar - 8 Years Ago

You have to enter the part from the sides with every cut. Never start in the middle of the part. Because while it cuts the initial hole, the water builds up pressure against the sides, wich then...

oekmont - 8 Years Ago

Thank you - much appreciated. That's a helpful description of what's going on with the delamination. I think, though, the cutting house did pre-drill the holes, but we still ended up with delaminatio...

malcsonar - 8 Years Ago

Waterjet cutting really should be perfectly possible; 'bursting through' carbon sheet with a waterjet is a no-no but if you start from a pre-drilled hole then it should be no different to starting at...

Matt (Staff) - 8 Years Ago

Thanks very much, Matt - some great advice there! I hadn't come across your CNC video before, actually - excellent stuff. I was certainly surprised at the waterjet results - maybe you're right, that....

malcsonar - 8 Years Ago

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